State v. Couch

DIXON, Judge.

Defendant was found guilty under a second offender information of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill or do great bodily harm with malice aforethought. Upon the jury’s finding of guilt, he was sentenced by the court to sixteen years imprisonment.

Sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction is not questioned. The evidence would show that the defendant, an attendant at a health club, enticed a female guest at the health club to return to the health club after closing hours, at which time he struck her on the head and attempted to strangle her. The victim…